Comments on: Artificially-loud electric car rules proposed to boost EV safetyhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/
The Definitive Guide to Tech and CarsSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:17:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7By: Richard Tietjenshttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266374
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:56:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266374Half the people I see walking down the street are wearing earbuds (and 100% of those are the preteen-to-mid-twenties “I’m immortal” crowd). You could put a 150dB air raid warning siren on a car and they wouldn’t hear it. I have an alternate proposal: require a flashing strobe on the front of the car, and colored ones on the sides, similar to boat and airplane marker lights. If you’re going to pass a stupid law, at least try to be consistent with regulations that already exist.

]]>By: Roadrashhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266367
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:19:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266367I agree with this new regulation. Frankly it should been though of while ago when the EVs started appearing. Sure people should be aware of their surroundings, but this isn’t a perfect world. Laws usually slant towards the guy walking than guy driving.
Silent Car can be dangerous if driver isn’t careful as well. Its crowded road.
]]>By: Chris Castellanohttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266349
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:27:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266349One thing I love about my prius is the fact that it is sometimes silent. This idea annoys me.
]]>By: Mehttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266293
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:53:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266293I think its mostly for the blind.
]]>By: pepee63https://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266258
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:26:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266258For the safety of everyone, bicycles and cars should not share the same space. Here in Melbourne Australia, there are heaps of bike lanes. The bike lanes that are not near the roads have yet to have a death on them. Conclusion, keep cars and bicycles away from each other.
]]>By: Alexhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266256
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:21:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266256Are you so stupid to think that cyclists are less aware than drivers. If you cycled you would know that you have to be more aware because they let any moron get a license. I am not saying all drivers are stupid but they tend to reflect the larger population such as yourself. Maybe only 95% are morons.
]]>By: Alexhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266254
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:15:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266254What a stupid fucking idea. How about teaching our kids and perhaps the moronic adults also to take some responsibility and fucking look before the cross the road.
]]>By: cliff_dangershttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266245
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:48:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266245Do you really need to hear them? Do you not do a shoulder check when moving over or look both ways when entering into a street? If not, then you deserve what you get. This kind of thinking and “advances” in society are really putting a damper on Darwinian rule. Too many people, who otherwise would not be here, are being artificially supported.
]]>By: willied1029https://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266208
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:22:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266208Could we get a source for that last statement?
]]>By: willied1029https://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266207
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:21:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266207Possibly maybe.
]]>By: Adzzehttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266205
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:16:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266205This ^
]]>By: pepee63https://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266201
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:33:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266201Easy fix. Keep bicycles and pedestrians off the bloody roads. Have bicycle lanes just off the side if the road next to the foot paths. If they still get run over, then that’s their fault. You can’t protect the dumb.
]]>By: michael sinorhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266197
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266197Little of both?
]]>By: michael sinorhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266196
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:07:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266196or a lawnmower
]]>By: michael sinorhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266195
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:05:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266195Sadly, people aren’t willing to do that. People for the most part are utterly incapable of personal responsibility. Until that changes and we hold people responsible for their own actions, we can go ahead and put a strobe light and vibrator on the car. Doesn’t hurt anything right? Might save lives…..
]]>By: Good ol' JShttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266193
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266193Make it sound like Fran Drescher laughing. Even deaf people will get out of the way.
]]>By: DjonaMhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266192
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:03:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266192THANK YOU!!! I hate sneaking up on people (and the odd dog) in my Volt. And that weird manual chirping noise it makes never seems to register to anybody that it’s a car – nobody ever looks. It should be a nice constant sound. I’d vote for the Jestons car sound, too.

And for anyone who thinks silence is golden, a blind pedestrian will soon set you straight. Electric vehicles have already surpassed ICEs in collisions with the visually impaired.

]]>By: Phil Middlemasshttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266187
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:38:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266187I’d like the idea of a noise sound system used that you can configure and deploy different engine types/car sound profiles, imagine a Nissan Leaf with the engine sound profile of a Bugatti Veyron!
]]>By: jacrossehttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266186
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:35:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266186They could install a combustion engine in the trunk to generate the car sound without draining the battery. What a great idea!

But seriously, isn’t quieter cars one of the major perks of EV’s? people don’t hear anything anyways because they are on their phones.

]]>By: dougscrubjayhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266182
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:23:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266182Solution in search of a problem. One of the many benefits of electric cars is the decrease in annoying vehicle noise in dense urban neighborhoods. Now if they could prevent car doors from slamming at 2 in the morning or alarm activations that honk the horn, maybe I could sleep at night.
]]>By: David Seamonhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266181
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:22:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266181Or the bongo-like noise of the Flintstones’ car
]]>By: willied1029https://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266179
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:11:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266179Do they? Or do they just destroy everyone’s hearing?
]]>By: Silence Is Goldenhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266177
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:09:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266177Here is an idea: Be aware of vehicles when you are near streets and garages.
]]>By: Don Spurlinhttps://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266174
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:00:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266174loud pipes save lives.
]]>By: ddh819https://www.slashgear.com/artificially-loud-electric-car-rules-proposed-to-boost-ev-safety-10264783/#comment-266173
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:57:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264783#comment-266173please let the sound be like the Jetsons
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